PORTSMOUTH are facing a race against time to get their key men fit for Sunday’s trip to Goodison Park as well as the FA Cup final.

Midfielder Richard Hughes was the latest Pompey player to suffer an injury setback as he hobbled out of Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Wolves at Fratton Park with a hamstring problem which almost certainly rules him out of the trip to Wembley.

Striker Aruna Dindane (groin) and defensive midfielder Aaron Mokoena (calf) were also both replaced at half-time.

With just 11 days to go until the final against Chelsea, they join Tal Ben-Haim (groin), Marc Wilson (hamstring), Ricardo Rocha (thigh), Angelos Basinas (hamstring), Jamie O’Hara (back), Hassan Yebda (thigh) and Nadir Belhadj (hamstring) in a packed treatment room.

Scotland international Hughes, 30, was not selected for the 2008 FA Cup final squad, and now looks set to miss out on Wembley again.

Pompey boss Avram Grant said: “I am sorry for Richard, because in the last two months he has been very good for us. It is a shame. He always gives 100%.”